The landscape

The landscape

Tribune photo by David Pierini

A broken umbrella lays across train tracks in Chicago's South Deering neighborhood near the old Wisconsin Steel. Wisconsin Steel employed thousands of workers and its closing in 1980 signaled the rapid decline of the city's industrial South side.

A broken umbrella lays across train tracks in Chicago's South Deering neighborhood near the old Wisconsin Steel. Wisconsin Steel employed thousands of workers and its closing in 1980 signaled the rapid decline of the city's industrial South side. (Tribune photo by David Pierini)

A broken umbrella lays across train tracks in Chicago's South Deering neighborhood near the old Wisconsin Steel. Wisconsin Steel employed thousands of workers and its closing in 1980 signaled the rapid decline of the city's industrial South side.Tribune photo by David Pierini